Skid steer loader attachments

Skid steer loaders have to be equipped with different kinds of attachments to fulfill all the work involved. Luckily, almost all the attached tools are available here in our stock. You can go through the basic list as below, or ask for a quote directly. 

Buckets of skid steer loader attachments

Standard Bucket

Buckets are used as attachments for performing different tasks such as scooping and moving dirt, smoothing out your dump of dirt, digger, etc. It can be diverse into the toothed one and toothlessed one. 

Normally, the bucket is a standard tool equipped on our skid steers. If you don’t need that, we can remove it as per your requirement. But usually, nobody will do that only if you have your specific works. 

attachments of Grab Buckets

Grab Buckets

A grapple bucket is known as one of the most versatile skid steer attachments. It can help you to grab several materials on the construction site. Such as wood, stone, grass, etc. all could be grabbed by such tools and moved to other places with ease. 

4 in 1 bucket

4 in 1 Bucket

HIXEN 4-in-1 multi-purpose attachment is designed for improved material loading and unloading on rubber tire or track skid steer loaders. These buckets feature radius moldboard, low profile, and attachment options for bolt-on teeth, cutting edge, and tooth bar.

skid steer attachment Forks

Forks

Forks attachments are used in skid steer loaders to do operations in warehouses, lumber yards, farming storehouses, and other material handling operations. With the help of a fork attachment, you can easily lift and move objects around. You can lift heavy loads efficiently and safely, for instance, logs, Concrete pipes, etc.

Leveler

Leveler

Leveler is another commonly used attachment that engineers use for leveling purposes. For example, if a pit is in the ground, you will have to fill the material and level it to the surface level. This process becomes less time-consuming when you use a leveler attachment with your skid steer loader. It also helps to smooth the surface for sodding and seeding.

Augers

Augers

An auger is also called a drilling auger, which is used to drill holes in the soft ground for tree planting, or some other earth-related works. 

Certainly, there are some different diameters and lengths to choose from. You can click here to talk to us directly. 

Hydraulic Breakers

Hydraulic Breakers

A powerful percussion hammer that is fitted in a skid steer loader is called a breaker attachment or breaking hammer. It breaks up or demolishes hard structures such as concrete, rocks, and asphalt. The auxiliary hydraulic system from the skid steer loader gives power to the breaker to demolish or break things with high force.

Mini Angle Brooms

Angle Broom

The Angle Broom for skid steer loaders is designed for heavy-duty sweeping of dirt, snow, and other materials on road to keep the road clean in a much faster way. It can easily sweep along fixed edges that are hard to reach. The brush head of the broom rotates and moves independently.

Dozer Blade

Snow/Dozer Blade

The dozer blade is the most used attachment when you want to move heavy materials across your construction site. The best part about them is that you can use them to level and grade your ground’s surface. This process is useful when you are preparing the surface to pour concrete.

Small digging arm

Small digging arm

A small digging arm is helpful when you want to dig with the help of a skid steer loader. You may also hire people to dig holes at construction sites, but it can be too time-consuming. Moreover, it will also cost you money.

At the same time, you can use a small digging arm with your mini crawler skid steer loader to dig a hole within no time. Make sure you choose the right digging arm.

Rotary Tiller

Tillers/Rotary Tiller

Tillers are used as an attachment for the skid steer loader. It saves effort and valuable time in preparing the soil for seeding or planting gardens. It breaks up hard and tough soil or ground. Making smooth surfaces with a professional landscape finish. Landscape tillers are in two sizes.

One common type of tiller is a rotary tiller which works through the rotatory force and prepares the soil.

Scarifier

Skid Steer Ripper

The Skid Steer Ripper attachment is a strong and reliable tool for ground breaking. It is used to rip and scarify hard ground, tear out roots, rocks and dig up stumps.

Mini Snow Blower

Snow Blower

The snow blowers use an auger to suck up snow from the ground and discharge it through a chute. It is used to remove snow from driveways, parking lots, and sidewalks in general residential areas.

Trenchers

Trenchers

Trenchers, as an attachment for skid steer loaders, are used for landscaping and general construction. Using trenchers, you dig holes for footings, irrigation lines, electrical lines, or drainage ditches. 

The trenches can cut into the ground and create a trench through all soil conditions, easy to use and built for improved trench digging and greater reliability.  

Tree Shears

Tree Shears

The Skid Steer Tree Shears are designed to clear wooded areas or harvest unwanted trees and brush with high efficiency to save much time. The cutter blade and cylinder are the basic components, and together with our stable hydraulic system, most trees could be cut easily. Versatility, power, and high-end performance is something you should look into when buying a skid steer tree shear.

Tree Saw

Tree Saw

The skid steer tree saw is the perfect tool for clearing your land of the invasive brush. It can clear trees fast whether it’s cedar, hedge, mesquite, locust, or other vegetation.

Bale Squeeze

Bale Squeeze

The skid steer bale squeeze attachment makes this constant work in the farm easier. It can save you time when loading bales in the field on a trailer, unloading them or transporting them to stables and other locations.

HIXEN-Mulcher

Mulchers

Mulchers are used for land management operations as an attachment for skid steer loaders. Mulcher provides high precision and control to the operator. Mulchers are equipped with a heavy-duty push bar to guide vegetation into the drum. Helical row teeth are also in the mulching drum for grinding up bushes and small trees in fine mulch.

Mulchers for skid steer loaders are available in high flow, standard flow, High flow XHP packages, and high flow XPS. Mulchers have different working widths, such as 49 inches, 62 inches, 67 inches, and 58 inches. Due to so many sizes, it is beneficial for your working area. Mulchers are also known as one of the versatile attachments of skid steer loaders.

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An Ultimate Guide To Skid Steer Loader Attachments - Everything You Need To Know

Introduction

Nowadays, skid steer loaders are becoming job site favorites due to their high-powered, rugged, and heavy-duty structure. It is also known as the swiss army knife of construction sectors.

This amazing equipment minimizes efforts and time while maximizing productivity. Thanks to the wide range of applications as well as flexibility, skid steer loaders are great equipment.

Just like so many kinds of construction equipment, skid steer loaders can also be equipped with different attachments. The attachments are responsible for performing different jobs on your site. But you must consider factors like specifications and weights of attachments before choosing them for your skid steer loader.

What Are Skid Steer Attachments?

Skid steer attachments are installed into the hydraulic arm of the skid steer loader. These are work tools that are also compatible with other models of skid steer loaders. Many attachments are designed for their unique purposes, such as earthmoving, excavating, drilling, dozing, snow plowing, and much more.

A Skid Steer loader with various attachments allows you to execute different tasks using only one machine. You just have to switch attachments from one task to another task and get the job done in less time with minimum effort.

It is important to consult with your local dealer when choosing an attachment for a skid steer loader. Expert advice for attachments is given by inspecting what kind of job is required by the skid steer loader and by inspecting the machine model.

Are Skid Steer Attachments Universal and Interchangeable?

All skid steer attachments are not universal because there are many types of skid steer. Skid steer ranges in their capabilities and capacity. Some attachments are too much for your specific skid steer to handle. It is important to have a conversation with the dealer of your skid steer and its attachments about whether they will work together or not.

As in the above statement, most skid steer loaders can be attached with most of the attachments, but that doesn’t mean they will work together.

How to Connect Attachments to Skid Steers?

1. Connection

  • Drive towards the attachment slowly and tilt the work plate forward to match the coupling assembly of the attachment.
  • The coupler should be lifted and tilted back towards the skid steer loader.
  • In a powered coupling, you should hold down the button which is placed in the cab until the pins are attached. You should exit from the cab and attach pins using the lever behind the coupling assembly in a manual coupling.
  • Make sure your attachment is placed by moving it up and down and dragging it backward and forwards along the ground.
  • Lift the attachment, check for any false movement, and check that all the pins have been engaged. Check your manual if there are any other instructions.

2. Disconnection

  • For uncoupling, you will have to detach coupling pins by pressing the button situated in the cab for powered coupling machines. For manual machines, you have to pull the lever behind the attachment.
  • Back your machine slowly away from the attachment. Hence you have removed the attachment.

3. Coupling of hydro-mechanical attachment

You need to connect the hydraulic power if you want to couple it with a hydro-mechanical attachment. The steps below are given for how to connect auxiliary connectors on the machine to hydraulic lines from the attachment.

  • The operator should exit from the vehicle maintaining three points of contact at all times.
  • After cleaning the connectors, route standard flow lines along the hose guide, which is situated on the left lift arm. It is important to read the manual for correctly routing your attachment.
  • If your machine has connected under pressure coupling, then release the pressure by pushing the connection with the coupler and holding it for five seconds towards the machine.
Types of Skid Steer Attachments

What Kind Of Attachments Available In HIXEN

There are quite a lot of tools that could be attached to skid steer loaders to work for different kinds of work. Here we list some basic attachments here for your reference. 

  1. Breaking Hammer
  2. Auger
  3. Standard Bucket
  4. Mulchers
  5. 4 in 1 Bucket
  6. Trenchers
  7. Tree Saw
  8. Snow Blower
  9. Dozer Blade
  10. Angle Broom
  11. Mini Digger Bucket
  12. Tillers
  13. Skid Steers Ripper
  14. Tree Shears
  15. Bale Squeeze
  16. Leveler
  17. Fork
  18. Grab Bucket
  19. Brush Cutter
  20. Concrete Mixing Bucket

You can also take this article for reference. 

Why Choose skid steer loader and attachments from HIXEN

HIXEN is only focusing on high quality. With 13 years of experience, the equipment and attachments have been quite mature. For a further focus on quality, we put all of our products through strict commissions and tests.

In addition, we never stopped product innovation. We adopt the latest technology to make our products at the leading stage. 

More importantly, we have a professional team who can deal with all the pre-sale, middle-sale, and after-sale problems. Whenever you have such a question, just click and ask us directly, and we will solve it and provide you with the best suggestion within 8 working hours. 

Conclusion

With all these kinds of tools, you can finish many of the construction works. In addition to the reliable skid steer loaders of HIXEN, you could enjoy a better working environment with efficiency. If you have such a need for a skid and related attachments, kindly please contact us immediately. We will reply to you as soon as we received your inquiry within 8 working hours. 

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